Abstract

Capacitive-resistive transients in extended media are discussed in tenns of electric field quantities. Obviously,
in rhese problems, the contribution of the magnetlc field to the electric field is deemed negligible. For a simple
lllusfratlve example, the field solution is compared with the circuit-theoretical resuit for the voltage and current.
An algorithm for solving such transients in space and time doman with the help of a Laplace solver is presented. Any other Laplace solver can also be used far this purpose. Its applicability is demonstrated with three examples, one of which is chosen to have a circuit-theoretical solution.